Laptops news from FierceCIO

George Crump at InformationWeek wrote an interesting article exploring the question of whether laptops will benefit from the use of solid state disks (SSDs). Crump explored the issue from a few... Read more...

Lincoln Spector over at Computerworld offered some interesting advice about caring for one's laptop. With more companies buying laptops than desktops these days, I've decided to highlight a couple of... Read more...

Market researcher IDC has predicted that the market share of all-in-one desktops is expected to stage a comeback in 2010 amidst stronger demand from businesses and consumers alike. Based on its... Read more...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now investigating whether Harriton High School broke any federal wiretap laws in which software was installed and activated to spy on a student at home. The... Read more...

A high school student and his parents have filed a lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District of Ardmore, Philadelphia. The lawsuit accused the school district of spying on students and family... Read more...

Market research firm ABI Research is predicting that ARM-based devices will outsell Intel-based ones in 2013. This is a bold claim, considering that Intel is the predominant supplier of x86... Read more...

Today Lenovo launched its first smartbook. The company is marketing the device as a hybrid of the netbook and smartphone; however, it does not have telephone capabilities. The product weighs 1.95... Read more...

Intel will be rolling out new Nehalem-based processors during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in just a few weeks time. Due to be unveiled will be processors manufactured using new 32-nanometer... Read more...

Overall PC shipments around the world grew in the third quarter this year, says IDC. This is certainly good news given the three quarters of slumping sales due to the poor economy. Interestingly,... Read more...

Seagate earlier this week announced a new thin, low-end hard disk drive which the company hopes will spur the creation of a new class of thin laptops. At 7mm thick, the 2.5-inch Momentus Thin drive... Read more...